Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Finance

(asked on 4th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2021 to Question 6353 on Technology: Environment Protection, how many applications were (a) received and (b) rejected from (i) Scotland, (ii) England and (iii) Wales for the competitions referenced in that Answer.


Answered by
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Portrait
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 14th June 2021

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Direct Air Capture (DAC) and Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) Innovation Programme provided funding for projects up to £250,000. The competition was open to applications throughout the UK. The results are as follows:

  1. Scotland submitted 5 applications of which 2 were unsuccessful.
  2. England submitted 39 applications of which 20 were unsuccessful.
  3. Wales did not submit any applications.
  4. Northern Ireland submitted 1 application, it was unsuccessful.

For the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) GGR demonstrators programme, the successful project for the central directorate hub included England and Scottish institutions. Of the two that were unsuccessful, one had only English institutions and the other had a combination of English/Scottish institutions.

For the GGR demonstrators programme a total of 16 projects were submitted. 5 projects were successful of which:

  • 5 included English institutions.
  • 4 included Welsh institutions.
  • 4 included Scottish institutions.

Of the 11 unsuccessful projects:

  • 11 included English institutions.
  • 8 included Scottish institutions.
  • 1 included a Welsh institution.
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